Create AD group using powershell

Question

foreach ($item in $list) {
 If ($item.GroupName -eq "") {
        Write-Host "[ERROR]`t Please provide valid group details in spreadsheet."  -ForegroundColor Red
      } Else {
      $item.ID = $ou
    New-ADGroup -Name $item.GroupName –path “OU=$ou,DC=account,DC=company,DC=com”  -GroupCategory Security -GroupScope DomainLocal
I am getting a syntax error because of OU=$ou. Any idea how to fix this?

Answer 1

Try {
  Import-Module ActiveDirectory -ErrorAction Stop
Catch {
  Write-Host "[ERROR]`t ActiveDirectory Module couldn't be loaded. Script will stop!" -ForegroundColor Red
  Exit 1
$path     = Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$newpath  = $path + "\creategroups.csv"
$list = Import-Csv $newpath
Function Start-Commands {
  Create-Groups
Function Create-Groups {
foreach ($item in $list) {
 If ($item.GroupName -eq "") {
        Write-Host "[ERROR]`t Please provide valid group details."  -ForegroundColor Red
      } Else {
      $item.ID = $ou
    New-ADGroup -Name $item.GroupName –path “OU=$ou,DC=company,DC=com”  -GroupCategory Security -GroupScope DomainLocal
    Write-Host "[INFO]`t Created new group : $($item.GroupName)" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host "STARTED SCRIPT`r`n"  -ForegroundColor Cyan
Start-Commands
Write-Host "STOPPED SCRIPT" -ForegroundColor Cyan
New-ADGroup : The server is unwilling to process the request
At C:\Users\t-user-aws\Desktop\test\CreateGroups.ps1:29 char:5
+     New-ADGroup -Name $item.GroupName –path 'OU=$item.ID,DC=DC=company, ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (CN=TestGroupB,O...as,DC=com:String) [New-ADGroup], ADException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:0,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.NewADGroup